Subadar Major Mit Singh, Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy, 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force), 1911

Reproduction of portrait photograph by Langfier Limited, 1911.

Subadar Major Mit Singh wears a medal group including: Order of Merit, 2nd Class; 2nd Afghan War Medal 1878-80, with clasps, 'Kabul' and 'Kandahar'; Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880; India General Service Medal 1854-95, with clasp, 'Waziristan 1894-95'; 3rd China War Medal 1900, with clasp, 'Relief of Pekin'.

The 3rd Regiment of Infantry, the Frontier Brigade, was raised in the winter of 1846/1847. It was quickly redesignated the 3rd Regiment of Sikh Local Infantry, and became part of the Punjab Irregular Force (The Piffers) in 1851. In 1857 the unit became the 3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry. The regiment fought in the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880) and in the Tirah expedition (1897-1898).

The regiment was renamed the 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force) in 1903 as part of Lord Kitchener's reforms of the Indian Army. During World War One (1914-1918) the unit fought in Mesopotamia and Palestine. In 1922, with the further reorganisation of the Indian Army, the unit became the 3rd Battalion (Sikhs) of the 12th Frontier Force Regiment.

From a photograph album of 284 portrait photographs of British and Indian Officers of the Indian Contingent, who attended the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary, 1911.